Intro
Gm F D# D x2
Gm C
[Verse]
Gm F D# D
Some people say man is made out of mud
Gm F D# D
G poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Gm C
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
Gm
G mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
Gm F D# D
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Gm F D# D
Another day older and deeper in debt
Gm C Csus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Gm F D# D x2
Gm F D# D
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Gm F D# D
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Gm C
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Gm
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
Gm F D# D
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Gm F D# D
Another day older and deeper in debt
Gm C Csus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
Gm F D# D
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Gm F D# D
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Gm C
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Gm
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
Gm F D# D
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Gm F D# D
Another day older and deeper in debt
Gm C Csus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Gm F D# D x2
[Verse]
Gm F D# D
If you see me coming, better step aside
Gm F D# D
G lot of men didn't, lot of men died
Gm C
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Gm
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
Gm F D# D
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Gm F D# D
Another day older and deeper in debt
Gm C Csus4 C Csus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
Gm D
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
Am7